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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Charles S. Lail, Jr., Plantation, FL (US);
Neil T. Kennedy, Miramar, FL (US);
John F. Murray, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Charles S. Lail, Jr., Plantation, FL (US);
Neil T. Kennedy, Miramar, FL (US);
John F. Murray, Miami Springs, FL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
An automatic keypad lockout system automatically disables the keypad or other buttons of a personal electronic device () when it is stored in an accessory () and then automatically re-enables the keypad upon removal of the device from the accessory without effort by the user. Encoding and decoding is accomplished through a variety of devices including magnetic (), electrical (), optical (), and mechanical () implementations. The automatic keypad lockout system is extendable (), (), (), and () to provide a unique identity (ID), to interchangeable accessories (). The unique ID is associated with a predetermined user configuration with which to configure the communication device (, and).